Disability Labour is a socialist society associated with the UK Labour Party.[1][2] Disability Labour seeks to represent and support disabled Labour members and supporters.[3] They are an independent policy-making group on disability with further "aims to support and develop disabled party members to serve as policymakers, ministers and elected officials".[4]
| Formation | 1996[1] |
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| Headquarters | London, England |
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| Membership | 1300 (according to email from organisation) (2021) |
Chair |
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| Affiliations | Labour Party |
| Website | disabilitylabour |
Membership
editGroup membership is free to disabled Labour members and their carers.[5]
Individual, CLP, and trade union affiliation is offered with Unison an example of a trade union affiliate to Disability Labour.[6]
History
edit2015
editIn 2015, Disability Labour was relaunched - announced in the 2015 Labour Party conference.[7]
2018
editIn 2018 the executive committee of Disability Labour was widely replaced with members from the Disability Equality Act Labour (DEAL) campaign group after tensions over the previous executive committee.[8]
The same year also saw the co-chair Fran Springfield criticising the UK's Department for Work and Pensions endorsement of Purple Tuesday,[9] a disability-awareness day for retail establishments, for fears it would lead to greater discrimination.[10]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Labour Leadership: Who Are the Party's Affiliate Groups Backing?". BBC News. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ "Socialist Societies". Labour Party. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Trade Unions and Affiliates". Campaign for Socialism. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ Waltz, Mitzi; Schippers, Alice (2020). "Politically Disabled: Barriers and Facilitating Factors Affecting People with Disabilities in Political Life Within the European Union". Disability & Society: 16. doi:10.1080/09687599.2020.1751075. ISSN 0968-7599.
- ^ "Welcome". Disability Labour. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Breaking Down Barriers: National Disabled Members' Annual Report 2019" (PDF). London: Unison. September 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "The Labour Party Conference: What's Being Said About Disability?". Livability. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ Pring, John (13 September 2018). "Disability Labour Set for Fresh Start After Angry Scenes at AGM". Disability News Service. ISSN 2398-8924. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Frequently Asked Questions". Purple Tuesday. Purple. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ Topple, Steve (12 November 2018). "The DWP Is Under Fire for 'Selling Out' Disabled People to Corporations". The Canary. Retrieved 3 November 2020.